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EncyclopediaSeecytoplasmic inheritanceextranuclear inheritance
cy·to·plas·mic in·her·i·tancetransmission of characters dependent on self-perpetuating elements not nuclear in origin (for example, mitochondrial DNA). Synonym(s): extranuclear inheritanceextranuclear inheritance The transmission of cellular genes which are specific to a structure found outside the nucleus—e.g., mitochondrion.extranuclear inheritance See CYTOPLASMIC INHERITANCE. |